Suiseki

Suiseki (Japanese水 石, dt " water [ and ] stone " ) is the art to present in the corpus of natural stones in meditative appealing manner. Commonly is also the name as a Chinese scholar's stone (Chinese供 石, Gongshi Pinyin, English Scholar 's Rock ).

About 2,000 years ago the Chinese scholar's rocks began in the high officials and artists in circles common issue with calligraphy and paintings, so Suiseki is actually an aspect of Chinese art. From the 6th century, the Koreans and the Japanese took over the suiseki art. Smaller scholarly stones are usually found indoors, larger stones take, especially in the Chinese garden art a central role.

Suiseki are usually presented in two different ways:

These stones are not about any stones, it must expressive stones special shape, color and texture to be. A distinction between landscape and object stones. The former reflect landscapes such as mountains, lakes or rivers, while stones have object shapes that resemble animals or sculptures.

The stones are of natural origin and are found in rivers, oceans and karst areas. They may not be shaped by man. An exception is the cutting of stones, to thereby separate the part to be represented by the rest of the stone or to create a flat base for a more appealing presentation.

Classification

It uses many expressions related to Suiseki or the stone observation. The classification and naming of the objects most commonly used are originally from Japan and also in the suiseki collectors and used the international suiseki clubs.

• In Japan, the following places are popular with collectors: the Kamo River, the mountains of Mie, the rivers of Hokkaido, the mountains of Niigata, the rivers of Gifu, the rivers of Tottori, the mountains of Wakayama and the mountains of Shizuoka.
• In the U.S., the Mojave Desert in California and coveted in the area of ​​Murphys places with collectors.
• Collectors look like in Italy in the Dolomites and in the Ligurian Alps to special stones.